This week the lecture consisted of three topics: Eco Cities, Parkour and Architecture and The Future of Cities. I think the future is very much directed at the sustrainabilty side of architecture however many of the sustainable design seem to use very expensive methods of construction which are not economical viable at this stage which is the main reason I believe why designers tend to stay away from this however there are more simple ways to achieve a sustainable design.
This is an example I have looked at before in a previous assignment on sustainabilty in architecture. In eco cities i think it is important to go back to the basic's of what it means to be sustainable before looking at highly complex systems.
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the TED talk 'How food shapes our cities' by Carolyn Steel was very interesting, outlining the transformation of agricultural functions into industrialised functions in cities. This shows how cities have been disconnected from nature and how humans have took control of natural landscapes and create their own 'utopia'. Personally, this talk was bias without taking any considerations of how over time population increases causing many more demands in not only food, but also other industrial and economic necessities. This is how cities grow and evolve.
